10/25/26 Through 10/31/26

 10/25/26 Through 10/31/26

Sunday

The love of God is number one

The kind of love seen in the Son

The Father's will alone He seeks

And acts whene'er a word He speaks

To neighbor, too, must love extend

In ways quite real and not pretend

We seek their good as if our own

And so we make our Savior known

Those simple words can sum the law

And so correct our every flaw

To listen and His word obey

Will keep us on the narrow way

Monday

One bound and chained for eighteen years

With all her crippled cries and tears

Set free by touch of healing hand

And by the word of His command

Yet those afraid of power loss

Who sought for Him, the brutal Cross

Show no compassion, mercy, grace.

Contempt alone for Love they face

Remove from me, Lord, crippling sin

And cleanse what lies so deep within

That I may stand erect to see

The good that You intend for me.

Tuesday

One work alone on Earth is true

One work devoted unto You

The work of love in every case

Transcends the thoughts of time and space

The man and wife become as one

Reflecting Father and the Son

Concerned so for the other's good

They place themselves upon the wood

Their sacrifices show their love

Reflections of our God above

With branches spreading far and wide

That reach unto the other side

They shelter others when in need

And with abundant fruit they feed

Their shade gives rest from Summer's heat

And others, in them, Jesus meet.

Wednesday

Each called and chosen in some way

To share and teach within our day

Anointed with the Spirit's gifts

To higher heights, the other lifts.

The ordinary all could see

No different than you or me

But graced by God to spread the word

'Till all on Earth have clearly heard

You, too, receive that grace each day

To teach another on their way

And change a heart that they might learn

That from the evil they must turn.

Ask Him to help you recognize

A one in need with faithful eyes

And share the word in such a way

To help them hear You every day

Then not just hear, but act as well

And then begin to others tell

The world will change if one by one

We follow with the Father's Son

Thursday

Put on his armor, so to find

The way to win, and Satan bind

He can't survive in truth and love

So clothe yourself like one above

The present darkness here below

Is caused by evil, that we know

Therefore, wear what God provides

And shine the light where evil hides

When faced, it seems that evil wins

But then our Lord but simply grins

What looks as total grim defeat

Becomes the saving work complete

When cold and dead, for three days gone

The Light appeared as Easter dawned

And now we know that love shall win

To conquer every sordid sin

Friday

My children, what I seek for you

Is love may grow in each to do

The work that still remains to find

Perfection now of every kind

Perception, knowledge, righteousness,

Discernment, and true blamelessness

That you may see the value there

And work to always gain such fare

As Jesus saw the Sabbath day

A time to put the sin away

A time to set the captive free

And share with hungry that we see

Then as your love and mercy grows

A man looks on and surely knows

It's Christ you follow every day

And love you grow in every way

Saturday

The lowest one who made it in

More purging needed for my sin

The lowest one exalted so

In ways the proud will never know

Acknowledging my lowliness

My standing out in holiness

As one in need of cleansing much

Not ever one deserving such

Yet when we simply turn from sin

With sorrow for the dark within

How brilliantly He lights the way

For those who once were gone astray

He says, My friend, now come up here

Be not a one so low in fear

For there's rejoicing up above

When just one sinner turns in love